Is it just me or is everyone having 3 kids?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We live in a wealthy zip code and I feel like 3 is quite common. Having one child is very uncommon. I agree that 4+ seems to be more religious families (but not always the case).

Same here!

[Anonymous]

I see three kids way more often than I did growing up (I still can hardly think of any friends with more than one sibling, and many of my friends are only children), but most of the families I know now did not have three intentionally--either the third was an oops pregnancy or their second pregnancy was twins.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Families need about 2.7 children per parent on average to avoid eventual extinction of their lineage in mathematical models, which is higher than the classic replacement rate of about 2.1 children per woman. This means that if most families have three or more children, their family line is statistically more likely to continue across many generations compared to families with fewer children.

That's the plot of Idiocracy.

It’s science.